Art Forgery Where Authenticity Ends And Fraud Begins
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Art Forgery Where Authenticity Ends And Fraud Begins
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Author : Anna-Theresa Lienhardt
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2014-05-27
Art Forgery Where Authenticity Ends And Fraud Begins written by Anna-Theresa Lienhardt and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Art categories.
Research paper from the year 2013 in the subject Art - Overall Considerations, grade: 7.5, Maastricht University, language: English, abstract: The research paper presents the different points of view which exist concerning art forgery and explains the reasons why these are diverging in such a way. At first, the paper asserts that art forgery has to be defined with the help of its contrary, which is the original and the term of ‘authenticity’. However, the definition of an authentic or an original artwork yielded no useful results. Every generation, every society has an own notion of authenticity and the term ended as a contestable one. Nevertheless, the paper defines art forgery as an illegal imitation of another artist's artwork and its selling with the name of the original artist. In the following, the legal, the art world's and the economic perspective reveal that art forgery causes many differing notions about it. Legally, copyright laws exist to grant authors exclusive reproduction rights and the only right on their property. Thus, art counterfeits are frauds whose originators have to be sentenced. The art world, however, is completely divided when it is about assessing an art forgery. A lot of people see it as mere pastiche and deny its aesthetic value, while others know to esteem the art forger's achievements and proficiencies. The economy, on the hand, sees art forgery as the creator of financial expenses and trouble within the market, but, on the other hand, it also accepts that art copying causes benefits and positive effects, too. Therefore, the economy's statement was to lower the restrictions of art forgery as this only leads to the loss of creative energy and art copying going underground. Finally, the case studies of Han van Meegeren, Andy Warhol and Susie Ray reveal the reasons for the controversies on art forgery: Some art counterfeits are legally clear cases, while others are highly contestable. There may be a legal way to forge works of art but do these copies have an authenticity or an ‘aura’? And all the time, the art world is embarrassed, annoyed and furious as the forgery had made a fool of it. In the end, art forgery is a question of interpretation; there is no clear answer how to assess it in its whole. It always depends on the sight of view one takes.
Art Forgery
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Author : Thierry Lenain
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2012-01-15
Art Forgery written by Thierry Lenain and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-15 with Art categories.
With the recent advent of technologies that make detecting art forgeries easier, the art world has become increasingly obsessed with verifying and ensuring artistic authenticity. In this unique history, Thierry Lenain examines the genealogy of faking and interrogates the anxious, often neurotic, reactions triggered in the modern art world by these clever frauds. Lenain begins his history in the Middle Ages, when the issue of false relics and miracles often arose. But during this time, if a relic gave rise to a cult, it would be considered as genuine even if it obviously had been forged. In the Renaissance, forgery was initially hailed as a true artistic feat. Even Michelangelo, the most revered artist of the time, copied drawings by other masters, many of which were lent to him by unsuspecting collectors. Michelangelo would keep the originals himself and return the copies in their place. As Lenain shows, authenticity, as we think of it, is a purely modern concept. And the recent innovations in scientific attribution, archaeology, graphology, medical science, and criminology have all contributed to making forgery more detectable—and thus more compelling and essential to detect. He also analyzes the work of master forgers like Eric Hebborn, Thomas Keating, and Han van Meegeren in order to describe how pieces baffled the art world. Ultimately, Lenain argues that the science of accurately deciphering an individual artist’s unique characteristics has reached a level of forensic sophistication matched only by the forger’s skill and the art world’s paranoia.
Art Fraud
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Author : Alin Marthouret
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Art Fraud written by Alin Marthouret and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
Ever wonder how to distinguish a real work of art from a fake? Intrigued about how great masterpieces are duplicated with such skill they are taken for the originals? In this remarkable account, the man currently considered the unchallenged master of art fraud reveals the secrets of his trade. Alin Marthouret has lived his life in two worlds--the world of art and the world of crime. "Art Fraud begins with a breathtaking reenactment of his first arrest, proceeds to the intriguing story of how five years in jail led to a glamorous, albeit illegal, career, but mainly focuses on the techniques and knowledge that enabled him to become the most successful forger of our time. Marthouret refers to himself modestly as a "copyist." His book describes a genius. First, there is his own amazing skill as an artist, On nearly every page, he shares his deep and genuine devotion to the art and artists he reproduced. "The painter is the soul's pharmacist," he writes. "He cares for its wounds and allows it to see life in a different light." His forgery, Marthouret feels, allowed him to "sow the love of art." Marthouret also reveals himself as the consummate impersonator. "How many men am I capable of being? he asks. Thus, after researching each artist, he was able to transform himself into the persona he studied. Modigliani ("Modi"). Gauguin, and van Gogh were his special favorites, and several chapters each are devoted to their attributes and what it was like to be them. Lastly, Marthouret was a precocious student of the criminal world and the criminal mind. In "Art Fraud, he reflects on why forgeries sell and describes how the market in them works. From his humble beginnings as a shoplifter, Marthouretproduced an incredible portfolio of over 4,000 fake works of art. While he is most closely identified with the Fauvists, his repertoire is broad. Besides the three impressionists cited, chapters of his book are devoted to Gerome, Toulouse-Lautrec, Chagall, Turner, Monet, de Stael, Dufy, Klimt, Derain, Vuillard, and Matisse. "Art Fraud reveals Marthouret's intimate understanding of both the techniques and the psyches of these great artists. Illustrating the text is a vivid, 16-page 4-color insert showing approximately 30 reproductions of the author's work.
Provenance
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Author : Laney Salisbury
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-07-09
Provenance written by Laney Salisbury and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-09 with History categories.
A tautly paced investigation of one the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeries-many of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of a great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices. Chief among those was the struggling artist John Myatt, a vulnerable single father who was manipulated by Drewe into becoming a prolific art forger. Once Myatt had painted the pieces, the real fraud began. Drewe managed to infiltrate the archives of the upper echelons of the British art world in order to fake the provenance of Myatt's forged pieces, hoping to irrevocably legitimize the fakes while effectively rewriting art history. The story stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan art galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and Dubuffet associations, to the archives at the Tate Gallery. This enormous swindle resulted in the introduction of at least two hundred forged paintings, some of them breathtakingly good and most of them selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many of these fakes are still out in the world, considered genuine and hung prominently in private houses, large galleries, and prestigious museums. And the sacred archives, undermined by John Drewe, remain tainted to this day. Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller, filled with unforgettable characters and told at a breakneck pace. But this is most certainly not fiction; Provenance is the meticulously researched and captivating account of one of the greatest cons in the history of art forgery.
The Art Of The Con
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Author : Anthony M. Amore
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2015-07-14
The Art Of The Con written by Anthony M. Amore and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Art categories.
Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons perpetrated by unscrupulous art dealers and their accomplices are proportionately elaborate. Anthony M. Amore's The Art of the Con tells the stories of some of history's most notorious yet untold cons. They involve stolen art hidden for decades; elaborate ruses that involve the Nazis and allegedly plundered art; the theft of a conceptual prototype from a well-known artist by his assistant to be used later to create copies; the use of online and television auction sites to scam buyers out of millions; and other confidence scams incredible not only for their boldness but more so because they actually worked. Using interviews and newly released court documents, The Art of the Con will also take the reader into the investigations that led to the capture of the con men, who oftentimes return back to the world of crime. For some, it's an irresistible urge because their innocent dupes all share something in common: they want to believe.
Fake
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Author : Mark Jones
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Fake written by Mark Jones and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Art categories.
Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.
The Many Faces Of Art Forgery
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Author : William Casement
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-04-17
The Many Faces Of Art Forgery written by William Casement and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-17 with Art categories.
"The Many Faces of Art Forgery: From the Dark Side to Shades of Gray provides a broad treatment that delves into historical highlights, philosophical insights, psychological profiles, economic theories, and legal statutes and cases"--
Fake
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Author : Kenneth Walton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-05-15
Fake written by Kenneth Walton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-15 with True Crime categories.
It was the golden age of eBay. Optimistic bidders went online to the world's largest flea market in droves, ready to spend cash on everything from garden gnomes to Mercedes convertibles. Among them were art collectors willing to spend big money on unseen paintings, hoping to buy valuable pieces of art at below-market prices. EBay also attracted the occasional con artist unable to resist the temptation of abusing a system that prided itself on being "based on trust." Kenneth Walton -- once a lawyer bound by the ethics of his profession to uphold the law -- was seduced by just such a con artist and, eventually, became one himself. Ripped from the headlines of the New York Times, the first newspaper to break the story, Fake describes Walton's innocent beginnings as an online art-trading hobbyist and details the downward spiral of greed that ultimately led to his federal felony conviction. What started out as a satisfying exercise in reselling thrift store paintings for a profit in order to pay back student loans and mounting credit card debt soon became a fierce addiction to the subtle deception of luring unsuspecting bidders into overpaying for paintings of questionable origins. In a landscape peopled with colorful eccentrics hoping to score museum-quality paintings at bargain prices, Walton entered into a partnership with Ken Fetterman, an unslick (yet somehow very effective) con man. Over the course of eighteen months they managed to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling forged paintings and bidding on their own auctions to drive up the prices. When their deception was discovered and made international headlines, Walton found himself stalked by reporters and federal agents while Fetterman went on the lam, sparking a nationwide FBI manhunt. His elaborate game of cat and mouse lasted nearly three years, until the feds caught up with him after a routine traffic violation and brought him to justice. In this sensational story of the seductive power of greed, Kenneth Walton breaks his silence for the first time and, in his own words, details the international scandal that forever changed the way eBay does business.
A Regulatory Framework For The Art Market
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Author : Anna Bolz
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-11-24
A Regulatory Framework For The Art Market written by Anna Bolz and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-24 with Law categories.
This book addresses practical issues in connoisseurship and authentication, as well as the legal implications that arise when an artwork’s authenticity is challenged. In addition, the standards and processes of authentication are critically examined and the legal complications which can inhibit the expression of expert opinions are discussed. The notion of authenticity has always commanded the attention of art market participants and the general art-minded public alike. Coinciding with this, forgery is often considered to be the world’s most glamorous crime, packed with detective stories that are usually astonishing and often bizarre. The research includes findings by economists, sociologists, art historians, lawyers, academics and practitioners, all of which yield insights into the mechanics and peculiarities of the art business and explain why it works so differently from other markets. However, this book will be of interest not only to academics, but to everyone interested in questions of authenticity, forgery and connoisseurship. At the same time, one of its main aims is to advocate best practices in the art market and to stress the importance of cooperation among all disciplines with a stake in it. The results are intended to offer guidance to art market stakeholders, legal practitioners and art historians alike, while also promoting mutual understanding and cooperation.
Paintings
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Author : Roger H. Marijnissen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Paintings written by Roger H. Marijnissen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Art categories.